Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-22

: Oh MS electlOn as O1lteu Otstttb 5cuatOE
} from Virginia in Congress.
/ The Chair appointed on the part of
the House Messrs. Ryan. Anderson of
Rockbridge, Hay, Echols, and Gordon.
: PAYING TAXES.
The Senate joint resolution providing
that delinquent taxes of 1886 for which
coupons we're rendered may be paid
TO the treasurer of the comfy instead OF
the First Auditor came up
Opposed by Mr.. w. A. Anderson, and
referred TO the Finance Committee on
motion of Mr.. Buford.
Mr.. Anderson made it plain to all who
heard him that TO carry INTO effect the
design of the resolution would require
q carefully-drawn and guarded bill, and
that the House had better take no action
than hasty and doubtful action.
Adjourned at 2:l5 till January 4, 1888.
The Debt and Mr.. RoyaII
The two houses yesterday adopted
resolution that it is inexpedient to ,egis-
late on the subject matter OF the Cover
nor's recommendation that "the coupon
crusher" be suspended for brief period
while negotiations are renewed for a
settlement of the public debt.
From the discussions that have taken
place in the two houses it seems certain
that the Legislature will stick to the
Riddleberger bill, and therefore they
think it unwise to encourage the idea
that at this time a conference can do any
good. The trip to England suggested
by Mr.. Royal, in which he was to re-
commend to his clients TO fund on q
basis equivalent to the Riddleberger
bill, will be abandoned. II Dir. Royal
goes it will be on his motion.
The real trouble is this On January
1, 1885, by operation of "the Wickham
amendment nearly S3,000,000 in tax
receivable coupons will be outlawed.
To reinyest the Riddleberger bill with
all of its force and effect means that
these coupons shall be funded at fifty
cents in the dollar. This the Legisla-
ture, i'll view of the humiliating litiga
tion to which the State has been sub
jected, has not much idea of doing.
but it is possible that if the Council
of Foreign Bondholders will bring
in their bonds in one great block and
fund them, so that the whole debt agita-
ton may be speedily closed ND, the State
may make some concessions of value to
them.
Mr.. Pollard, who has great influence
in the House, rather outlined that idea
yesterday when the Senate resolution of
Mr.. Heaton was under consideration.
Anyhow, the whole subject is now adj
iourned until after the recess. Mean
while there is considerable funding of
1040 bonds and consol bonds going on.
Pay OF County Judges.
During the two days past there were
discussions in the House of Delegates
upon bill introduced by Mr.. james
Barbour, allowing the Boards of Super
visors of Culpeper, Orange, and several
other counties to increase the pay of their
county judges.
The measure was fought by Mr.. Hay
and others, who insisted that notwith-
standing previous General Assemblies
had passed many such bills, they were
clearly unconstitutional.
A Republican member made the point
that sometimes the county judges have
the filling of vacancies in the boards of
supervisors, and that this system made
a dependent Judiciary dependent upon
the boards of supervisors.
Mr.. Figgat depIored the fact that Vir-
ginia pays her county judges such ridi-
culous pittances for their work, but he,
too, doubted the constitutionality of the
bill.
Mr.. Hays contention is that the Con-
/ a Int tit0n aala f.f
Judges shall be prescribed By Iat0, and
that the General Assembly cannot dele
gate this duty to the boards OF superyi-
sors, and that to putt limit within which
the boards can raise the judges salaries
does not better the matter.
He moved that the bill be committed
| to the Committee for Courts OF Justice,
which proposition was fought by Mr..
Ryan and Mr.. Barbour. but was yester-
day agreed to-ayes, 81 noes, 80.
Mr.. McCIintic's seat.
The House Committee on Privileges
and Elections, to whom was referred the
resolution of inquiry as to the right of
/ Delegate McClintic to his seat in the
House of Delegates by reason of his
being a nonresident of the district he
represents, has referred the matter to
/ subcommittee composed of Messrs.
Dupuy, Moore of Pulaski, and Bristow,
who will on January 10th meet in the
McCurdy House at Clifton Forge to take
dispositions in the case. There are
large number of witnesses to be exam
ined, and the subcommittee decided
that it would be more economical to meet
at Clifton Forge than to summon the
witnesses here.
VIII Inform Him Officially Next Year
A member of the legislative commit
tee appointed to wait on Mr.. Barbour
and inform him of his election as United
States senator was asked at the Ex
change last night when it was proposed
to execute the commission intrusted TO
them.
"Not until after the recess Of the
Legislature, " he answered.
"Yes, said another legislator standing
by, as his eyes merriiy twlnkled, "Ireck-
on the members ofthe committee have laid
In enough at home to last them through
the holidays, and about the time the
supply gives out they will go to see Mr..
barbour.
The Satisfied" Judgments.
When Attorney-General Ayers and
Messrs. Scott and McCabe were before
Judge Bond for contempt there was q
like proceeding against Mr. j. L. Gleayes.
attorney for the Commonwealth for
Wythe county. Mr.. John s. Wise APP
peared as counsel for the accused, and
secured q dismissal of the proceedings
against him by promising that the iudg-
ments gotten against coupon-tenderers
in Wythe should be marked satisfied"
The Supreme Court of the United States
having decided that Judge Bond was
acting without authority OF law, the ques-
ton has been discussed what will Mr..
Gleayes doto erase the word " satisfied"
Mr.. Gleaves was in the city yesterday,
and he stated that he has through his |
counsel obtained from Judge Bond a
decree setting aside the former order
and placing the judgments IN statu quo. (